Would you say pilots are from rich/wealthy family's?

No but they are high flyers.

Definately not. They come from all sorts of background. It's intelligence and ability that makes a pilot not their parents.

A senior pilot or captain with a major airline will earn a lot of money. His standard of living and enthusiasm for the job may encourange his children to take up flying but that's not the same as you asked.

Being a pilot has more to do with the desire to fly than it does with how much money your family has. You have to be dedicated to even get your private VFR certification - it takes LOTS of time.

Where the real money comes into it is when you start talking about owning your own plane, insuring it, maintaining it, storing it, and nowadays fueling it, etc. So if you know any pilots, you'll know that money usually goes towards flying first and that we're typically happily broke until we can afford to go flying again.

They can be but no they by no means have to be. It costs $5000-6000 to get your private pilot's license, that being the total of all all 40 hours of training. Lessons average from $100-$140, give or take a few dollars. I'm 15 and training for mine. I live in a middle-class family. If you happen to be my age, and are willing to use the majority of your paycheck, you could fund your training from a regular high-school job at a mall or at McDonald's or something.

I'm not although I wish I was. Maybe if I was I wouldn't appreciate the privelege I have as a pilot as much as I do. Most of the commercial pilots I know if they didn't receive their training in the military spent years paying off their student loans from flight schools.

I talk to pilots all day long, from all over the country, from all walks.

No, they are not from wealthy families, and no, they are not all intelligent.

They are just normal folks, just like you.

If you want to fly, but don't think you can do it unless you are rich, just enroll in a school.. they will find financing for you.

Yeah I wish!!!!

Im a BA pilot flying a Airbus A321, and im not from a wealthy family. I paid for most of my flight training from having a proper job, saving lots and staying with my parents while im at uni! I had cabair course at uni and its paying back.

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No, they are intelligent individuals who have studied and worked hard. Having a wealthy family will not make you a pilot.

Me? From a rich family? Wealthy? hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

With reference to the UK I'd have to say they either have money or are in a fair bit of debt because there are very few trainee programs here and it costs around £45,000 to get your commercial pilots licence, so unless you join the RAF you have to get the money from somewhere.